9TH NATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Workshop Presentations, Block E
- Conference Overview and Sponsors
- Conference Plenary Sessions
- Conference Poster Presentations
- Conference Workshops
The following are workshops for which we
have presentations to post. If your workshop is not listed here and you
would like us to include your presentation on the website, please contact
Rong Wu at
ceris.resourcecentre@utoronto.ca. For the complete workshop schedule, please
visit the
9th National Metropolis Conference website (www.metropolis2007.net).
Economic Performance of Recent Immigrants to Canada
This workshop will focus on four research studies, each utilizing a unique immigrant data source to explore the labour market experiences and outcomes of recent immigrants to Canada.
Organizer:
Michael Haan, University of Alberta
Participants:
Xingshan Cao, University of Toronto
Li Xue, The Labour Market Progression of Recent Immigrants: A Perspective from the Second Wave of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC) - Two Years after Landing, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Colleen Dempsey, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Stan Kustec, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Laura Templeton, University of Alberta
Session #E-3
Clinical Cultural Competence (CCC) - Moving Beyond the Personal
Culturally/socially marginalized health practitioners construct the successful health integration of newcomers as a personal issue. While valuing this, the next generation of Clinical Cultural Competence education needs to move towards a broader and more professional recognition.
Organizer:
Felix Munger, Clinical Cultural Competence (CCC): Moving Beyond the Personal, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Participants:
Felix Munger, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Rani Srivastava, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Hung-Tat (Ted) Lo, Cultural Intelligence (CQ), University of Toronto
Janet Mawhinney, CRTR: Pedagogical Points of Interest, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Savitri Singh, South Asian Immigrant Women's Perceptions of Respect within Health Professional-Client Relationships While Journeying through Cancer, University of Alberta
Session #E-4
Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Nova Scotia: Factors that Contribute to or Hinder Success
We will profile immigrant businesses in Nova Scotia, identify the resources available to them and the challenges they face. We will discuss an alternate ‘social economy’ model for immigrant entrepreneurs’ success in Canada as well as their status in Spain.
Organizer:
Najma R. Sharif, Saint Mary’s University
Participants:
Najma R.Sharif, Saint Mary’s University
Nabiha Atallah, Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association (MISA)
Annie McKitrick, The Social Economy and Immigrant/Refugee Community Integration: Beyond Catering Co-ops, University of Victoria
Nahikari Irastorza, University of Deusto, Basque Institute of Competitiveness Camino de Mundaiz
Rainer Bressner, Immigrant Entrepreneur
Session #E-5
Citizenship and Belonging: The Legal and the Social
This workshop examines the relationship between official, legal forms of citizenship and the social aspects of belonging and participating.
Organizers:
Patricia K. Wood, York University
N. Scot Wortley, University of Toronto
Participants:
Patricia K. Wood, AlieNation: Racism, Injustice and Other Obstacles to Citizenship, York University
N. Scot Wortley, AlieNation: Racism, Injustice and Other Obstacles to Citizenship, University of Toronto
Stephanie Watt, Carleton University
Farishta Dinshaw, COSTI Immigrant Services
Michel Pagé, Université de Montréal
Carolle Simard, Université du Québec à Montréal
Session #E-6
The Value of Immigrants' Human Capital in Canada's Labour Market
Canada's immigration policy of selecting skilled immigrants stresses the importance of human capital. This workshop examines the value of immigrants' human capital in Canada's labour market, taking into account country of origin, visible minority status, gender and other factors.
Organizer: Peter Li, University of Saskatchewan
Participants:
Richard Wanner, University of Calgary
Shiva Halli and Raluca Buzdugan, University of Manitoba
Cristiana Pescarus, Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Mohsen Bouaissa, Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Jean Kunz, Policy Research Initiative
Peter Li, University of Saskatchewan
Adnan Türegün, Presentation: The Politics of Access to Professions and Trades: Making Ontario's Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, 2006 (Bill 124); Paper: The Politics of Access to Professions and Trades: Making Ontario's Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, 2006 (Bill 124); Carleton University
Monica Boyd, University of Toronto
Grant Schellenberg, Statistics Canada
Session #E-8
Visible Minorities in Second and Third Tier Cities and Remote Areas
The objective of this workshop is to reflect on the diversity of Canada's remote regions, the socio-economic conditions of visible minority communities living in these regions as well as what factors drive them away from settling in these regions.
Organizer: Fred Dufresne, Government of Canada
Participants:
Ekuwa Smith, Canadian Heritage
Despina Iliopoulou, University of Saskatchewan
Edna Djokoto-Asem, Employment Opportunities and the Retention of Immigrants: The Case of Brooks, Alberta, University of Lethbridge
Debbie Douglas, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
Nona Grandea, Immigration and Diversity, and Immigration et diversité, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Margaret Walton-Roberts, Immigration to Kitchener-Waterloo: Taking the Long View, Wilfrid Laurier University
Session #E-10
A Second Look at the Second Generation
It is expected that children of immigrants will integrate better than their parents. This assumption, however, is based on the experiences of previous 2nd generation cohorts primarily of European origin and may not hold true for future cohorts.
Organizers:
Stuart Sykes, Government of Canada
Miu Chung Yan, University of British Columbia
Participants:
Jennifer Bitz, Strategic Policy and Research Canadian Heritage
Stuart Sykes, The "New" Second Generation in Canada: A Story in Transition, Policy Research Initiative
Miu Chung Yan, Entering the Job Market: Challenges to 2nd Generation Youth of Visible Minority Immigrant Families, University of British Columbia
Sean R. Lauer, Entering the Job Market: Challenges to 2nd Generation Youth of Visible Minority Immigrant Families, University of British Columbia
Lori Wilkinson, University of Manitoba
Manjeet Birk, Council of Agencies Serving South Asians
Sherman S.M. Chan, MOSAIC
